Including high fibre foods in your diet such as legumes and vegetables may help you keep stress related disorders at bay says a study. According to a study published in the Journal of Physiology if you want to reduce your stress then you should eat more pulses wholegrain cereals oats and vegetables as consumption of high-fibre foods may help reduce the effect of stress. The authors explained that stress can cause major changes in the gut and also in our brain which in turn affects our behaviour. The findings suggested that a gut bacteria produces short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) which